Kyrie Irving Scores 21 Points In Chris Paul Charity Game

In an exhibition game played at Winston Salem State University last night, Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson teamed up “competitively” for the first time since going 1st and 4th overall to the Cavaliers in this past June’s Draft. Irving went for 21 points on 9 of 17 shooting for the night, and Thompson finished with 4 points and 4 rebounds.

As the highlights indicate below, the game was pretty spectacular, although it was really more of a dunk contest than anything else. The Winston Salem Journal said that players “played defense like the player with the ball had poison ivy and they didn’t want to get near him” and that is a pretty accurate description.

Nevertheless though, Kyrie and that toe of his did look healthy enough to run up and down effectively a little bit with the NBA’s elite, so that’s encouraging. It’s also good to see those two guys on the floor together for the first of many, and I imagine next time they are as Cavaliers Tristan will get the ball about a dozen more times than he did last night.

The highlights from the game are ridiculous, and they come courtesy of the guys from BallIsLife.com.

If you fast forward to the 1:47 mark, there’s a few from Kyrie Iriving starting there:

I don't get too hyped up on 40 times.As long as you're not a slug, I think speeds fall into 2 categories. Fast and Fast-Enough.Jerry Rice and Michael Irvin were Fast-Enough, and they did ok.You don't have to possess olympic speed to succeed...cough cough...Renaldo Nehemiah...cough cough...

Lockett - yes please as long as 3rd or later. only issue is that he basically is a double of Hawkins (although slightly taller).Perriman - see him more as the Quincy Morgan type that got by on his raw talent but never honed the skills.Montgomery - been awhile since we had a Cardinal, but umm, […]

The NCAA Tournament was the first chance I had to see this kid play, and even though he had a miserable day shooting the ball against Arizona in OSU's second game, you could watch him in both games and just see that he oozes talent in all facets of the game. Russell is going to […]